Like most other languages with objects preceding the verb, it is postpositional.

When only a subject is a present, the subject precedes the verb, as it does in English:

For example, in English the subject usually precedes the verb, and the negated form of smoke is do not smoke.

If needed, the past may be indicated by preceding the verb with e, and the future with i.

The proclitic form for the direct object precedes the verb, as in:

Subordinate clauses usually precede the verb of the main clause.

Negation is expressed by the particle ui, preceding the verb.

A prohibitative particle, also preceding the verb, is mi.

In English grammar, the subject generally precedes the verb.

Emphasis is placed on the word or phrase immediately preceding the finite verb.